Archer Exploration : Appointment Manager Metallurgy

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ASX Code: AXE

Directors Greg English Chairman

Gerard Anderson

Managing Director

Tom Phillips AM

Director (Non-Executive)

Alice McCleary

Director (Non-Executive)

CompanySecretary

Craig Gooden

Shares on Issue

83.6 million

Unlisted Securities on Issue

3.4 million Performance Rights

Key focus

Campoona and Sugarloaf Graphite Projects (Eyre Peninsula, South Australia). Second tier projects cover magnesite, manganese, copper and gold.

Archer Exploration Limited

ABN 64 123 993 233

Level 1, 28 Greenhill Road

Wayville SA 5034

Telephone +61 8 8272 3288

Facsimile +61 8 8272 3888 www.archerexploration.com.au
The Board of Archer Exploration Limited ("Archer") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Bartsch as Manager Metallurgy to lead the Company's drive towards production at the
100% owned Campoona Graphite Project in South Australia.
The key focus for Mr Bartsch will include finalising the optimum process flow sheet, coordinating the pilot plant testing and supervising process and plant design. These process developments are leading towards plant operations treating the Company's graphite deposits over the next two years.
Mr Bartsch has extensive metallurgical experience with over 37 years experience in operation, study and design of metal extraction and minerals processing industries, including commissioning and ramp-up of facilities. He has expertise in flowsheet development for capital projects and in process investigations for plant improvements.
His initial efforts will involve laboratory testing of a composite sample from the Campoona Shaft mineralisation, which is expected to represent the potential plant feed from the 'starter' pit. Investigative efforts will focus on definition of the process flowsheet, as well as characterization of beneficiation performance to produce a combination of marketable flake and high-grade, fine graphite.
Conventional rod milling and multi-stage flotation will be supplemented with selective regrinding and also concentrate enhancement via gravity recovery and hydraulic classification techniques. Chemical leaching treatment of concentrates from flotation and gravity processes will also be systematically tested with a view to extending graphite concentrates into 'ultra' high grade markets.
Archer Managing Director Gerard Anderson said "We are delighted to have Peter on board as Campoona enters the critical stages of finalising the process flowsheet and plant design."
"His metallurgical expertise and his flowsheet design, plant design and commissioning experience will be invaluable as we move towards production at Campoona."
The following is a short summary of Peter's extensive experience
over the last 15 years:

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Management of Client's Study team for development of large-scale, magnetite iron ore project. Control of feasibility study engineering, design, risk identification and mitigation.

Technical assignment based at Vienna in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Department

Technical review and operating cost validation for expansion of uranium facilities in Namibia

Technical advice and oversight for Honeymoon uranium in-situ leach project and business development targeting uranium assets in Asia-Pacific region.

Technical management for pre-feasibility study of La Granja copper heap leach project.

Metallurgical support of optimization, capital and reliability projects including scope, testwork management and process definition, equipment specification and client interface.

Technical advice and assistance on Nickel Laterite Heap Leach; Metallurgical consulting for Jump-Up Dam development;
Kalgoorlie Nickel Project review of metallurgical flowsheet options.

Independent Technical Consultant: Process deliverables revision, supervision of SX study, (pulse columns Vs mixer settlers); testwork review and plant design review.

Oman, Metallurgical advice and plant design services: Lasail copper concentrator upgrade process review; expansion feasibility study review, precious metals deportment analysis; improvements to flotation circuit and pyrite re-flotation.

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Technical marketing proposal for improved margins of mine products

Review of Process design, testwork and flowsheet review/comparison, testwork planning.

Testwork planning and coordination for complex rare earth and uranium ore; flotation reagent experimentation and flowsheet development.

Formulation of preliminary project scope, process development planning and metallurgy.

Lake Way & Centipede pre-feasibility risk review. Napperby heap leach testwork planning and coordination.

Study management, process design, engineering services, business development and proposal preparation.

Established and managed minerals process group.

Principal Metallurgist and Client Services Manager - Minerals
Technical and metallurgical development in projects and studies including the Ravensthorpe and Mt Margaret nickel laterite feasibility studies.
For further information please contact:
Mr Greg English
Chairman
Archer Exploration Limited
Tel: (08) 8272 3288
Mr Gerard Anderson
Managing Director
Archer Exploration Limited
Tel: (08) 8272 3288

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Archer Exploration Limited is an Australian Stock Exchange listed company with 100% ownership of 13 tenements all in South Australia covering almost 4,954 km2. Archer also has the rights to all minerals other than uranium on EL4693 covering a further 816 km2. Archer's flagship project is
the Campoona Graphite Project. Campoona is located within reach of established and major developing infrastructure. It has a JORC 2004 Resource* of 2.53 million tonnes @ 12.3% TGC (based on 5% cut-off). Archer plans to submit a Mining Lease Proposal to the South Australian Government for approval in the third quarter of 2014.

* This information was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004 (Archer Exploration Limited, ASX Announcement

6th December 2012). It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.

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Archer Exploration Limited

ABN 64 123 993 233

Level 1, 28 Greenhill Road

Wayville SA 5034

Telephone +61 8 8272 3288

Facsimile +61 8 8272 3888 www.archerexploration.com.au

The exploration results reported herein, insofar as they relate to mineralisation, are based on information compiled by Mr. Wade Bollenhagen, Exploration Manager of Archer Exploration Limited. Mr. Bollenhagen is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy who has more than eighteen years experience in the field of activity being reported. Mr Bollenhagen has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" relating to the reporting of Exploration Results. Mr. Bollenhagen consents to the inclusion in the report of matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this report that relates to the JORC 2004 Mineral Resource estimation has been prepared by Mr B Godsmark who is a Member of the AusIMM and peer reviewed by Mr G Reed who is also a Member of the AusIMM (CP). Mr Godsmark is a full time employee of Mining Plus Pty Ltd and Mr Reed is a sub-contractor to Mining Plus Pty Ltd., both have more than five years' experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which they are undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Godsmark and Mr Reed have consented in writing to the inclusion in this announcement of the Mineral Resource estimation information in the form and context in which it appears. This information was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported

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